Communication technology update / by August E. Grant and Jennifer H. Meadows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, August E., 1956- author.

Meadows, Jennifer Harman, author.

Contributor:

Technology Futures, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication--Technological innovations.

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

9th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Focal Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2013].

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

New communication technologies are being introduced at an astonishing rate. Making sense of these technologies is increasingly difficult. Communication Technology Update is the single best source for the latest developments, trends, and issues in communication technology. Now in its ninth edition, Communication Technology Update has become an indispensable information resource for business, government, and academia. <BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">As always, every chapter has been completely rewritten to reflect the latest developments and market statistics, and now covers mobile computing, digital photography, personal computers, digital television, and electronic games, in addition to the two dozen technologies explored in the previous edition. <BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">The book's companion website (www.tfi.com/ctu) offers updated information submitted by chapter authors and offers links to other Internet resources.

Contents:

Cover; TOCTable of Contents; Preface; I Introduction; CH1 The Umbrella Perspective on Communication Technology; CH2 Communication Technology Timeline; II Electronic Mass Media; CH3 Cable Telecommunications; CH4 Direct Broadcast Satellites; CH5 Pay Television Services; CH6 Interactive Television; CH7 Digital Television; CH8 Streaming Media; CH9 Radio Broadcasting; III Computers & Consumer Electronics; CH10 Personal Computers; CH11 Mobile Computing; CH12 Interactive Video Game Technologies; CH13 The Internet & the World Wide Web; CH14 Internet Commerce

CH15 Virtual & Augmented RealityCH16 Home Video Technology; CH17 Digital Audio; CH18 Digital Photography; IV Telephony & Satellite Technologies; CH19 Local and Long Distance Telephony; CH20 Broadband Networks; CH21 Home Networks; CH22 Satellite Communications; CH23 Distance Learning Technologies; CH24 Teleconferencing; CH23 Wireless Telephony; V Conclusions; CH26 Media Convergence; CH27 Conclusion; Glossary

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610963997

9781136028427

1136028420

9781280963995

1280963999

9780080470320

0080470327

OCLC:

476038257